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[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Jeff enjoyed countermeasuring:

<<<Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:12:41 +0000
From: r0ssat0_987 at att.net (Robert Rossato)
Subject: Re: [s-cars] hardwired v1...and turbo upgrade
To: "Postupack, Jeff" <Jeff.Postupack at analog.com>,

> Is it true Laser cannot be used at night time for detection?  Seems
hard for 
> the officer to fix on a target after sundown?
>  
> Posto

Only if you drive around without your headlights on ;-)

bob>>>



Correctomundo.  Laser does work at night, just with a notably reduced
effective range.  And yes bright lights *do* help further reduce LASER
effectiveness.

Few points.  Do some reading folks (I'm sure many of you fellowfools
here have), I have extensively and have the 'luxury' of having extensive
situational 'experience'.  

1st, those who run their V1's and whathaveyou up on the windshield
header are reducing your unit's effectiveness at intercepting laser
encounters.  Laser is a fine beam with limited 'scatter', and is aimed
as you know @ your license plate first headlight 2nd.  Having the unit a
good 3' higher than that *does* reduce its ability to react.  Mount it
down as low to the hoodline as possible.  And then (I love when I see
this), ensure it's PARALLEL to the deck... overhead aircraft,
spaceships, etc. are not shooting at you but roadside pigs.  Aim
accordingly.

B), mounting the unit behind a tinted windshield strip also has a
diluting effect on the unit.  Not dramatic buthey I'll take every bit I
can get. 

III), hiding the unit has never been a topic of conversation during my
er, 'encounters' (nor my euro front tag).  'Situations' usually have
dictated 'other' areas of pigs attention.  I've both snarfed it off the
dash quicklike and left it up there (when zero time to snarf), it's
never come up.  I figure basically even my 6' under grandmother runs a
detector these days and they know it.  Again, it's never come up, during
'multiple opportunities'.  When I can snarf it I will as why rub pigs'
noses in it, but when I can't oh well.  But I will not bend over
backward to hide it's mounting - I'm bending over enough here these
days.

4) no hiding from 'instant on'.  I got bagged once with that, sucked.
Heh one other time the NH pig stopped dead on interstate's other
direction, REVERSED (!!!WTF???) blow a U'ey, and headed out for me.
Effective defense?  Study Smokey & The Bandit, Cannonball Run, Dukes of
Hazzard.  I matted it onward and tucked in way ahead between a few
tractor trailers, then casually watched Johnny L shoot right on buy.
Sweetness.

YMMV, and, again, ISSUES here.

-Paul reduced Hartford Pig on interstate to EXIT HIS VEHICLE IN THE SNOW
COVERED MOVING TRAVEL LANE to shout "get off my arse" last week - BwHA!
K.

CT - pigfarm
'95 //Stealth6 - or not enough
'84 4kq - apparently also vulnerable
'58 TR3 - some funny stories there

ps.  fight da powah!